3 thoughts on “Parenting as Infographic, Installment #1”

Here’s a (naive) question from a non-parent: Assuming a symmetrical 2-toddler scenario, doesn’t the tension implicit in your Null Set solve itself? Put another way, do toddlers evincing the boredom/envy you depict ever just trade objects, then trade again, and again?

And yes, by bringing this sort of unreality to my ideas about policy and solving social ills, I find that I am frequently disappointed by the world.

Yes, Justin, they do trade. And trade again, and again, until any adult nearby begins to think they have solved fundamental questions about the human condition and have discovered the biological basis for all wars ever waged. I totally hearted your question, btw. Laura